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John Malalas

491 - 578

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John Malalas (; Ancient Greek: Ἰωάννης Μαλάλας, romanized: Iōánnēs Malálas; c. 491 – 578) was a Byzantine chronicler from Antioch. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Malalas has received more than 192,646 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). John Malalas is the 1,077th most popular writer (down from 1,030th in 2019), the 339th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 390th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Turkish Writer.

John Malalas is most famous for writing a chronicle of Byzantine history.

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  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Malalas ranks 1,077 out of 7,302. Before him are Robert Graves, Elsa Morante, Nikolai Leskov, Georg Kaiser, Pu Songling, and Charles Péguy. After him are Jean Giono, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Garcilaso de la Vega, Nikolay Nekrasov, and John Berger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 491, John Malalas ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 578, John Malalas ranks 3. Before him are Abd al-Muttalib, and Justin II. After him are Hatim al-Tai, Jacob Baradaeus, and Wuffa of East Anglia.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, John Malalas ranks 339 out of 1,347. Before him are Osman Nuri Pasha (1832), Germanus I of Constantinople (634), Charalambos (87), Ajda Pekkan (1946), Procopius (325), and Agabus (100). After him are Leo I, King of Armenia (1150), Tarasios of Constantinople (730), Qara Yusuf (1357), Irene Angelina (1181), Diodotus Tryphon (-150), and Ebussuud Efendi (1490).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, John Malalas ranks 22. Before him are Ahmad Khani (1650), Ibn Hawqal (943), Aziz Nesin (1915), Theodoret (393), Bar Hebraeus (1226), and Mimnermus (-670). After him are Zenodotus (-330), Alcman (-611), Aristophanes of Byzantium (-257), Publilius Syrus (-100), Symeon the New Theologian (949), and Bâkî (1526).

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